Rijeka and Kolos Kovalivka get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round fixture.
The visiting Kolos Kovalivka played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game was also an away game, at Rukh Vynnyky. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
These teams have little in common geographically as Kolos Kovalivka have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Rijeka form and stats
Rijeka participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the play-offs.As mentioned below, Rijeka are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 1. HNL games. Rijeka has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion HNK Rijeka. We remember; it was Gorica.
In their previous game, the manager S. Rožman led his Rijeka to a defeat in the 1. HNL match away at Osijek. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion HNK Rijeka. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Istra 1961.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Rijeka's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
The manager S. Rožman will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dinamo Zagreb in only two days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rijeka at home in the league. 4 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Kolos Kovalivka form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Aris in order to reach 3rd Qualifying Round of Europa League.Things could have gone better for Kolos Kovalivka in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Kovalivka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Rukh Vynnyky. Preceding that game was the away Europa League victory against Aris with the score of 2-1.
After this away game Kolos Kovalivka return home for a Premier League game against Inhulets. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Kolos Kovalivka have the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Rijeka missing players
Kolos Kovalivka missing players
| Rijeka | Kolos Kovalivka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 13 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 42 | 35 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 275 | 176 | Total Shots | T S | 96 | 238 | ||
| 112 | 76 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 86 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Gorica | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Osijek | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 7 |
| 6 | Rijeka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Sibenik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vorskla | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Kolos Kovalivka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Olimpik Donetsk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Mariupol | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Desna | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Oleksandria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Minai | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Zorya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Lviv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |